Germans favor hearty meals including meat, such as pork, beef and poultry, in that order of popularity. The average person in Germany consumes up to 72 pounds of meat a year. Meat is usually pot-roasted and consumed as sausages. There are more than 1500 different types of sausage in Germany.
Vegetables are often eaten in stews or vegetable soups, but can also be served as a side dish. Carrots, turnips, spinach, peas, beans, and many types of cabbage are very common. Fried onions are a common addition to many meat dishes throughout the country. Potatoes, while a major part of the diet, are usually not counted among vegetables by Germans. Asparagus, especially white asparagus known as Spargel, is particularly enjoyed in Germany as a side dish or as a main meal. Sometimes restaurants will even devote an entire menu to nothing but Spargel, when it is the right season (late spring).
The other kind of side dish, noodles, are usually thicker than Italian pasta. Especially in the south-western part of the country, the predominant variety of noodles is which contain a very large amount of yolk. Besides noodles, potatoes and are very common, especially in the south. Potatoes are most often served boiled in salt water, but mashed and fried potatoes also are traditional, and french fries have now become very common.
Speaking of beverages, we must mention beer and wine. Beer is very common throughout all parts of Germany, with many local and regional breweries producing a wide variety of beers. It is generally not very expensive and of good quality. For variety and quality, German beer is unequaled. The world’s oldest brewery is in Bavaria, but other regions in Germany have proud beer-making traditions. Export beers and the rather more bitter Pils, the most popular type of beer, are also produced in Berlin, Hamburg, the Ruhr, Hesse, and Stuttgart.
Germans favor hearty meals including
meat
, such as pork, beef and poultry, in that order of popularity. The average person in Germany consumes up to
72 pounds
of
meat
a year.
Meat
is
usually
pot-roasted and consumed as sausages. There are more than 1500
different
types of sausage in Germany.
Vegetables are
often
eaten in stews or vegetable soups,
but
can
also
be served
as a side
dish
. Carrots, turnips, spinach, peas, beans, and
many
types of cabbage are
very
common
. Fried onions are a
common
addition to
many
meat
dishes
throughout the country.
Potatoes
, while a major part of the diet, are
usually
not counted among vegetables by Germans. Asparagus,
especially
white asparagus known as
Spargel
, is
particularly
enjoyed in Germany as a side
dish
or as a main meal.
Sometimes
restaurants will even devote an entire menu to nothing
but
Spargel
, when it is the right season (late spring).
The other kind of side
dish
, noodles, are
usually
thicker than Italian pasta.
Especially
in the south-western part of the country, the predominant variety of noodles is which contain a
very
large amount of yolk.
Besides
noodles,
potatoes
and are
very
common
,
especially
in the south.
Potatoes
are most
often
served boiled in salt water,
but
mashed and fried
potatoes
also
are traditional, and french fries have
now
become
very
common.
Speaking of beverages, we
must
mention beer and wine. Beer is
very
common
throughout all parts of Germany, with
many
local and regional breweries producing a wide variety of beers. It is
generally
not
very
expensive and of
good
quality. For variety and quality, German beer
is unequaled
. The world’s oldest brewery is in Bavaria,
but
other regions in Germany have proud beer-making traditions. Export beers and the
rather
more bitter
Pils
, the most popular type of beer, are
also
produced in Berlin, Hamburg, the Ruhr, Hesse, and Stuttgart.